Let me tell you a rib-tickling fishy story of someone I know who can’t and don't eat fish but ended up savouring fish-cuisines like there was no tomorrow. The can’t and don't here, to be precise, akins to loathe. I do know being born an Arien, most Rams are better eating vege than meat. Its a profound thing to be a Vegemite or a 'vegesaurous' but eating fish for people born under the zodiac sign of The Ram is like asking T-Rex to eat banana-leaf rice.
Anyway, the story goes like this ...
This person whom I know too well was once an auditor for Benchmark Australia. He audited Quantity Surveying companies in Malaysia. One of his clients, a wealthy British firm in Damansara, was up for an external "Benchmark" audit. This audits are compulsory if a company is to get certified to ISO 9001-2000. All audit findings and certification is sent to Benchmark Australia for approval. Its like having your house Feng-Shuied by the Feng Shui guru. Get it.
When such audits take place, the company managers or directors go out of the way to DOUBLE PLEASE the auditor by way of making him feel-at-home so that the audit will go smooth and no questions raised or even get failed. One pleasant way of 'bribe' is to give the auditor a hefty lunch treat in a posh state-of-the-art restaurant. So my friend was in for a treat...a treat that truly changed his eating habits.
TIME & PLACE : in the meeting room, 1 hour before lunch:
Manager : What do like to have for lunch?
Auditor : Anythngla...aiyaa. no issues.
Manager : No..no, lets go out and eat. Company treat.
Auditor : (thinking ..) Okie, anything will do.
2nd Manager : Do you like Japanese food?
Auditor(not realising the nature of the question): Sure...haven't tried it. SURE.
2nd Manager : Good.
So as to not to disappoint his clients, the auditor went along with the idea but with internal crossed resentments.
Lunch time came and they all drove up to this POSH Japanese restaurant that serves one of the best fish food in Damansara. The auditor, and for the first time stepping into a Japanese Restaurant did not anticipate for the menu was all about raw and steamed fish fish and more fish.
So the whole team picks a table, comfort themselves and dived into the menu but minus the auditor. Not knowing what to order as eating fish is out of the equation, he decided to go along and waited for the host to order.
So, Bento was the dish ordered. Here is a dish one needs to eat to understand its fine Japanese culinary-art and taste. The dish is simply this:-
* Rice
* Cooked vegetables
* Fried prawns
* Small ringed squids
* Gravy : mint, ketchup and ginger (sliced and marinated).
* Japanese soup to go along
* Evenly-sliced cute pancake looking steamed(raw) fish namely: Salmon, Tuna, Cod and Herring all placed neatly in a lacquer ware boxed plate.
Well! the dishes arrived. Everyone jumped into it except the auditor who took his time to contemplate on his Bento. With pricking nerves and playing hard tunes he fidgeted, then reluctantly dipped his chop-sticks and ate. In under twenty minutes he finished his Bento including the slices of fish while the others raced to keep-up with him.
The moral of the story:
The Bento was so good, the fish was so delicious, the auditor set a date to visit this Japanese restaurant or for the fact any fishy business restaurant to savour more. How did a person who hates fish end up finishing his dish faster then you can say Bento?
Ohh! Mind you, the auditor mentioned above is none other than yours faithfully...heheheh.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thaipusam Day...
For the length and breadth of this country and the farthest I've travelled, I can easily say without a tinge of hesitation that Thaipusam is only celebrated in all its grandeur in two towns; Penang and Sungei Patani. No where else had Thaipusam ever come near or draw in spirit against the likes of Penang and Kedah's Sungei Petani.
Ipoh, Seremban and Johor Baru are a far cry from what I've seen against the likes of the two northern towns.
However, Kuala Lumpur Batu Caves is a different story altogether. Batu Caves is commercial. It is not built for festivals like Thaipusam tho the commercial value it draws makes it a pinnacle ground for celebration. This is also the place for rubbing shoulders with the 'Datuk' and 'Tan Sris.' Pilgrims fulfil their vows with gaiety and pom-pom but I see it in a different light. There is a negative religious undertone to the Thaipusam celebrated in Batu Caves. Sorry for being acid-tounged but I stand my feet pinned to the ground with my opinions.
Batu Caves' commercialism is enriched with crowd and dignitaries. Sadly, and sometimes in shame, I don't see the religious aspect of it neither its sheer purpose. I don't see the 'Thaipusam' in it at all if I were to compare with its counterparts, Penang and Sungei Petani or even Ipoh. Ipoh for one has got something moving but is still a pale shadow compared with the two northern towns.
In Sungei Petani, Thaipusam Day is NOT a holiday. And yet the thronging pilgrims who come in thousands diffuse the day and make it look like a fiesta. Sungei Petani has got one of the most decorated ideas for kavadis ever and am not saying this to raise eyebrows or me being anywhere a staunch Hindu. I'm saying this merely out of my observation in comparison with the other states; mainly Batu Caves. Batu Cave kavadis are sheer lame.
Penang Thaipusam is in its own league altogether. The whole island celebrates including the Chinese. And the walk to the Waterfall Temple from Shiva temple is a 7 mile walk with the January sun scorching the roads. Kavadis need to trod, dance, walk and run for 7 miles to fulfil their vows and pay their penances. This is no joke when it is done in bare-foot trance. You don't come near that anywhere in other States. And I was told which I do believe, Lord Murugan actually resides in Penang's Waterfall temple. This is a testimony out of experiences. You need to be there to know and feel his divine presence period
Nevertheless, Indians do celebrate in droves be it in a minnow town or Batu Caves. The vows taken by pilgrims is sheer, at times mind blowing and the will and desire to wake the Pusam spirit is spell bounding. Well! After a long debate and shouting in silence, KL has been declared a public holiday, a day significant in reckoning.
And for those living in parts of the country where the minority Hindu population is viewed as irrelevant, I sure do hope someday they too will be given an opportunity to celebrate Lord Murugan's Birthday Bash. I like to believe it that way.
And for all those who're travelling to party with the Pusam; Happy Thaipusam.
" Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray "
Ipoh, Seremban and Johor Baru are a far cry from what I've seen against the likes of the two northern towns.
However, Kuala Lumpur Batu Caves is a different story altogether. Batu Caves is commercial. It is not built for festivals like Thaipusam tho the commercial value it draws makes it a pinnacle ground for celebration. This is also the place for rubbing shoulders with the 'Datuk' and 'Tan Sris.' Pilgrims fulfil their vows with gaiety and pom-pom but I see it in a different light. There is a negative religious undertone to the Thaipusam celebrated in Batu Caves. Sorry for being acid-tounged but I stand my feet pinned to the ground with my opinions.
Batu Caves' commercialism is enriched with crowd and dignitaries. Sadly, and sometimes in shame, I don't see the religious aspect of it neither its sheer purpose. I don't see the 'Thaipusam' in it at all if I were to compare with its counterparts, Penang and Sungei Petani or even Ipoh. Ipoh for one has got something moving but is still a pale shadow compared with the two northern towns.
In Sungei Petani, Thaipusam Day is NOT a holiday. And yet the thronging pilgrims who come in thousands diffuse the day and make it look like a fiesta. Sungei Petani has got one of the most decorated ideas for kavadis ever and am not saying this to raise eyebrows or me being anywhere a staunch Hindu. I'm saying this merely out of my observation in comparison with the other states; mainly Batu Caves. Batu Cave kavadis are sheer lame.
Penang Thaipusam is in its own league altogether. The whole island celebrates including the Chinese. And the walk to the Waterfall Temple from Shiva temple is a 7 mile walk with the January sun scorching the roads. Kavadis need to trod, dance, walk and run for 7 miles to fulfil their vows and pay their penances. This is no joke when it is done in bare-foot trance. You don't come near that anywhere in other States. And I was told which I do believe, Lord Murugan actually resides in Penang's Waterfall temple. This is a testimony out of experiences. You need to be there to know and feel his divine presence period
Nevertheless, Indians do celebrate in droves be it in a minnow town or Batu Caves. The vows taken by pilgrims is sheer, at times mind blowing and the will and desire to wake the Pusam spirit is spell bounding. Well! After a long debate and shouting in silence, KL has been declared a public holiday, a day significant in reckoning.
And for those living in parts of the country where the minority Hindu population is viewed as irrelevant, I sure do hope someday they too will be given an opportunity to celebrate Lord Murugan's Birthday Bash. I like to believe it that way.
And for all those who're travelling to party with the Pusam; Happy Thaipusam.
" Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray "
Friday, January 29, 2010
Anatomy of a Facebooker or hooker or sucker....
Extracted from a bloger...
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I am scared of Facebook.
Doing something simple like uploading a profile pic puts me perilously close to the black hole that will suck an entire productive day dry. First it starts by putting a photo up, then I want to see who else has put new photos up, then I want to comment on those photos, then I have to get all witty about commenting on people's status updates, then before I know it, it's dinnertime, my child and dog are eating each other, my husband has been sucked into his computer, my house has been hit by a tornado and I am still in my housecoat.
There. See why Facebook is so scary?
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I am scared of Facebook.
Doing something simple like uploading a profile pic puts me perilously close to the black hole that will suck an entire productive day dry. First it starts by putting a photo up, then I want to see who else has put new photos up, then I want to comment on those photos, then I have to get all witty about commenting on people's status updates, then before I know it, it's dinnertime, my child and dog are eating each other, my husband has been sucked into his computer, my house has been hit by a tornado and I am still in my housecoat.
There. See why Facebook is so scary?
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sunway - Lagoon Perdana.
This is Lagoon Perdana - the place you DON'T wana be.
Lately, a spate of robberies, house break-ins and a murder were reported from Lagoon Perdana @ Sunway. One of them who reported is a friend of mine who lives there. As a friend, I do share her concerns and plight and decided to blog it in here.
Lagoon Perdana has got a daily hype of activities which aren't pleasant to hear. Most residents I gather are foreign nationals squatting as tenants in 3R2B apartments. There're five blocks of 18 stories each and each block looks like an aftermath from the movie 2012. And when these half-way residents lodge complains at the security house for various domestic reasons, most complains fizzle away due to the lame-voice power of the complainer.
A RANSACKED HOME WITH DUSTED FINGERPRINTS OF A THIEF.
The squatters form a kaleidoscope of nationals from Indonesia to Africa, China to South Korea and though they form the back-bone of the cheap labour force in this country, they’re not short of problems with their potpourri identities. There're nurses from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, bus-loads of factory workers (female) from Indonesia, restaurant workers / helpers from Nepal, Bangladesh and India, buildings and road contractors from Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia and domestics helpers from....no prizes for guessing the correct country. There are also students from China, India, South Korea, the Middle-East and Africa who jam-pack apartments and bring the house down with their loud reggae music. To brave these noises, you must be pekak-badak for sure.
The Africans or rather the Bob Marleys are a different story. 2010 is definitely the year of Aff..Ree..Kaa. Blame it on FIFA. With the looming World Cup in June, these Africans have taken up the footie fever playing football like futsal in car-parks and apartment compounds. I don’t blame them for not playing in a football field as there're no play fields within a radius of 10 miles. These halfway half-across-the-world squatters are infused with hooliganism and rowdy behaviour. They've become the bane of nuisance to the quieter residents.
Recently, the screwed-up dysfunctional management errected auto gates to deter unassigned cars to enter or park within the parking lots allocated for residents. Even that has been botched and the security guards from Nepal or Bangladesh who should be manning these cars lull away ogling at the foreign females walking in and out of these apartments.
One resident lost his motorbike parked in front of the security office and imagine his fury when he found his bike missing the next morning. If vehicles parked within the vicinity of the security guard go missing, I wonder what these guards do at all.
In boils me down to the extend and if given the opportunity, I might just nuke their country into oblivion or go ‘sledgehammer’ them jello. Everyday residents wake up to learn of their follies and their imbecility.
If you're reading this, DO NOT even think of owning or renting a place here at Lagoon Perdana lest you want to be cooked up with problems you won’t be able to fathom or belief.
Keep yourself and loved ones away from this dread apartments. The developer recently lost a law suit against the residents and now needs to pay a hefty sum to many residents for putting up hazard buildings.
There is more to this, but I’ve let the Press to do the talking.
((The above picture is the main block. Look at the cracks appearing and importantly the guard house which is empty as the 'only' guard is lulling away gazing into what no one knows (on the right side of the guard house in white uniform))
CAR WITH APARTMENT STICKERS CLAMPED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A R S E N A L ...
At long last, The Gunners lead the table. Well done young Guns and lets Gun away...but remmy that Chelsea have a game in hand. Anyway...lets sail.
ManU...where are you? You know what your problem is...its not the sale of CR to RM that many believe shouldn't have taken place but its more so the Scottish gaffer going tempestuous and venting out his anger at the men in black. Remove AF and you "could" be at the top as well.
Liverpool...thank god, they won against The Toffees period. Selling Gerard will not salvage anything lor.
ManCiniCity...hmmm...it's about time you told your father-figure (ManU) to take a hike...
oolalalal.....
ManU...where are you? You know what your problem is...its not the sale of CR to RM that many believe shouldn't have taken place but its more so the Scottish gaffer going tempestuous and venting out his anger at the men in black. Remove AF and you "could" be at the top as well.
Liverpool...thank god, they won against The Toffees period. Selling Gerard will not salvage anything lor.
ManCiniCity...hmmm...it's about time you told your father-figure (ManU) to take a hike...
oolalalal.....
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
What if....hahahaha
I'm reading a book about Arabs. It's an old book written by the editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. The editors have done a good job in their research putting down facts of origin, roots, gene and many other interesting readable head-turn-around questions.
As I was reading, in one part it says "Constantine made Christianity its official religion" and something out of the ordinary cropped up and I began asking myself.
Now here goes me thinking..What if...
* Constantine had made Paganism its official religion?
* or the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids were to swap places?
* Parameswara hadn't journeyed to Malaya?
* Computers hadn't been invented and handphones were invented like 123 years ago?
* Thomas Edison were to be a sadist-painter and Leonardo Da-Vinci were to co-found Ferrari?
* Mecca were to be in Paris and the French were to drink water out of an oasis?
* Malaysia the only nation to have 25 million rulers?
* Singapore was the size of Russia and America was like a paddle away from Kelantan?
* the Holy Grail was found in the jungles of Pahang?
* Christ the Redeemer wore a three-piece suit?
* Brazil being denied entry into the World Cup football tourney for winning too many times?
* Pele was Chinese?
* the black box is black?
* Henry Ford was selfish?
* Tyres were made out of coconut tree trunks?
* Toothpaste is taken for breakfast?
* whales hunted Japanese?
* the dodol is the inspiration behind the bird Dodo?
* the fastest man on earth is Stephen Hawking?
* beer was made out of ambergris?
* Tigers wore green stripes while its blood colourless?
* Sex-education is done orally?
* all AIDS carriers are millionaires?
* the ocean is made out of human pee?
* King Tut was a faggot?
* Malaysia was at war with Cuba while Sabah and Sarawak have been bought over by Brunei.
* Idi Amin had bored his way through the English Channel to Buckingham Palace?
* Teh Tarik and Thosai were the favourite food of Africans?
* the reaching age of maturity for males is after the menopause of their mothers?
* humans can swap to coloured skins?
* Coca-Cola is spiked with Viagra?
* the top 4 EPL teams are owned by Tony Fernandes?
* Elizabeth were to divorce Philip and marry Cristiano Rolando?
* Samy Velu bleaches his skin?
* Late Mao Sze Tung and Marilyn Monroe were lovers?
* Harry Potter was real and Godzilla is the secret weapon of Russians?
* there were 999 days in a year?
* the Sun shone on Iceland 365 days?
* and lastly (suggestion from a friend) ...What if ManU were relegated?
Wouldn't the world be a whole quagmire zany dotty and different.
As I was reading, in one part it says "Constantine made Christianity its official religion" and something out of the ordinary cropped up and I began asking myself.
Now here goes me thinking..What if...
* Constantine had made Paganism its official religion?
* or the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids were to swap places?
* Parameswara hadn't journeyed to Malaya?
* Computers hadn't been invented and handphones were invented like 123 years ago?
* Thomas Edison were to be a sadist-painter and Leonardo Da-Vinci were to co-found Ferrari?
* Mecca were to be in Paris and the French were to drink water out of an oasis?
* Malaysia the only nation to have 25 million rulers?
* Singapore was the size of Russia and America was like a paddle away from Kelantan?
* the Holy Grail was found in the jungles of Pahang?
* Christ the Redeemer wore a three-piece suit?
* Brazil being denied entry into the World Cup football tourney for winning too many times?
* Pele was Chinese?
* the black box is black?
* Henry Ford was selfish?
* Tyres were made out of coconut tree trunks?
* Toothpaste is taken for breakfast?
* whales hunted Japanese?
* the dodol is the inspiration behind the bird Dodo?
* the fastest man on earth is Stephen Hawking?
* beer was made out of ambergris?
* Tigers wore green stripes while its blood colourless?
* Sex-education is done orally?
* all AIDS carriers are millionaires?
* the ocean is made out of human pee?
* King Tut was a faggot?
* Malaysia was at war with Cuba while Sabah and Sarawak have been bought over by Brunei.
* Idi Amin had bored his way through the English Channel to Buckingham Palace?
* Teh Tarik and Thosai were the favourite food of Africans?
* the reaching age of maturity for males is after the menopause of their mothers?
* humans can swap to coloured skins?
* Coca-Cola is spiked with Viagra?
* the top 4 EPL teams are owned by Tony Fernandes?
* Elizabeth were to divorce Philip and marry Cristiano Rolando?
* Samy Velu bleaches his skin?
* Late Mao Sze Tung and Marilyn Monroe were lovers?
* Harry Potter was real and Godzilla is the secret weapon of Russians?
* there were 999 days in a year?
* the Sun shone on Iceland 365 days?
* and lastly (suggestion from a friend) ...What if ManU were relegated?
Wouldn't the world be a whole quagmire zany dotty and different.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Welcome to Chat...Asia
I’ve been wanting to blog this article for some time now but was a bit reluctant, but now I guess it’s about time I did.
First and foremost, to say the least, chat rooms and chatting are misused or misguided, grossly. I'm saying this not for sake or fun of it but for the sheer utter foolishness of fools and swines who come to chat. I can safely say, most chatters have no idea what the word chat means. It would be much better if chat rooms are renamed to Question and Answer rooms. Wouldn't that be more appropriate?
I'm pretty sure there must be a good reason as to why chat rooms were created. But then for every ingenious invention there ought to be shortfalls or shortcomings.
Most chatters, be it male or female have no idea why they log into a chat room. Some are clueless, some brainless and the best part is some have it connected to their cell phones putting a remark "I'm connected to by cell phone".
The dumber ones and please amplify the word dumber to the power of 2, log into a chat room and wait for someone to ping them up. Couple with that, they wait for questions as if they work for Google.com or AskMe.com. They sound like they have all the answers to all the questions. Goosh!...Where do these motley fools come from anyway?
If you so much like answering questions, pleasela for God sake, go and take an exam somewherela. You can sit and jolly well answer questions to your fancies. Please don't do it in chat roomla. As it is you are half-baked and have a brain the size of half a peanut and yet you come to a chat room and wait for chatters to ping you up. I am not being invective but am merely stating the verity of a society gone wwrong. Is that what chat is all about! Commonla! Even a donkey can do that and mind you better too. If you still have no idea of whom I'm referring to, then all this reading is CLEARLY meant for you.
Let’s go one step further from the above observation. Let’s trod into chat rooms of India. Even by saying that my toes laugh. Now here is a society, queer as they are, unexposed, obtuse numnuts and with the mentality of a half-baked drunken jackass come to chat with no bloody idea what-so-ever. And more so most are hell bent on imparting their asinine wisdom and stupidity brought down by their ancestors to the world. This is the society that professes to the world they know, built and done everything but have yet to learn the meaning of the word chat.
In fact, they have only learned 3 words in chat.
1. ASL?
2. What happened?
3. Why?
Let me here lay out an example of one chatter who claimed to be a doctor from India working in the USA. This by far got to be the mother of all jokes of last year as opposed to all the jokes I have heard over chat.
Me : Hiya..
DR : ALS ( he abbreviated it wrong )
Me : Hi
DR : ASL
ME : American Sign Language?...sorry I'm not a handicap.
DR : What Happen
ME : Huh!
DR : r u from
ME : What English is that?
DR : I am speek english only.
DR : What happen why
I bet he would make a good cartoon caricature to his patients.
The entire Indian chat world revolves around three words else the whole world is dumb. Out of a population of one billion plus plus people, I've never met anyone guy or even a gal who has ever chatted beyond those three words. And mind you, am not even talking about the ladies of India. The truth is, which I found out after chatting with an Indian girl from Calcutta, even the ladies DO NOT chat with their male counterparts. You really need to go figure out as to why this is so.
If I can put all my chat experiences in proper perspective, it can only be this = Indians, a society hopelessly and foolishly drowning in their own self professed dumb and idiotic vanity. As far as Indian chat rooms are concerned I rest my case. My toes are still laughing. A society that defaces its own currency.
A conclusion : Indians of India are like Jurassic years away from their diaspora Indian counterparts. India is a great country but sadly I cant't say that of Indians period.
On a serious note : YOU DON'T NEED A BRAIN TO CHAT UP WITH INDIANS OF INDIA.
Now let’s move to another dork world of chatters. Welcome to the chaos land of the Philippines. Yea..You read that right. Let me get straight to the point. Almost all of The Philippine chatters, mostly the ladies are always waiting to be hooked up by foreigners. The males are left dangling on a wish list if they even get a local chatter to chat up with them. Filipina chatters are clouded in their own foul-mouthed stupidity.
As one of my better chat friend said, Quote "A land where people are mentally colonised by their own foolish wasted dreams." Unquote.
The simple truth is that, to the Filipinas the real reason why they lead dysfunctional lives is because of their dogmatic domestic chaos life-style. Stupid as they come, they believe finding a foreign mate and raising a family is the ultimate dream. One female Filipina dork told me tho' she is an Asian but hates Asians despicably. Here is a society that dreams on dreams even God can't comprehend. Some go the extent and tell that Asians are not their cup-of-tea or taste but the real problem is that they are the vermin of Asia.
Maybe she forgot, or I do wonder if her parents who brought her into the world were Asians or some furry cave-dwelling Neanderthals. Tho' I know the Philippines is ravaged by hurricanes, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions and my sympathies go out to them but please don't tell us Asians that we are hated for what we are.
And most come from some kind of problematic life hood but believe if they marry someone foreign all their problems are gone vanish into thin air. Wonder when they will wake up to their belittled dreams. Someone told me the only reason they come to chat room is to get out of poverty. THAT'S SHEER DAFT statement.
Many Asian countries have moved away from such mind-sets of having white Caucasian men for company or any other. The Philippines is one land where Time left them dreaming away.
Anyway, India and The Philippines have the largest export of human labour anywhere in Asia. No offence to the queer mind. Heck! I even care!
As for the rest of the Asian chat world, thank God it's BLISS.
First and foremost, to say the least, chat rooms and chatting are misused or misguided, grossly. I'm saying this not for sake or fun of it but for the sheer utter foolishness of fools and swines who come to chat. I can safely say, most chatters have no idea what the word chat means. It would be much better if chat rooms are renamed to Question and Answer rooms. Wouldn't that be more appropriate?
I'm pretty sure there must be a good reason as to why chat rooms were created. But then for every ingenious invention there ought to be shortfalls or shortcomings.
Most chatters, be it male or female have no idea why they log into a chat room. Some are clueless, some brainless and the best part is some have it connected to their cell phones putting a remark "I'm connected to by cell phone".
The dumber ones and please amplify the word dumber to the power of 2, log into a chat room and wait for someone to ping them up. Couple with that, they wait for questions as if they work for Google.com or AskMe.com. They sound like they have all the answers to all the questions. Goosh!...Where do these motley fools come from anyway?
If you so much like answering questions, pleasela for God sake, go and take an exam somewherela. You can sit and jolly well answer questions to your fancies. Please don't do it in chat roomla. As it is you are half-baked and have a brain the size of half a peanut and yet you come to a chat room and wait for chatters to ping you up. I am not being invective but am merely stating the verity of a society gone wwrong. Is that what chat is all about! Commonla! Even a donkey can do that and mind you better too. If you still have no idea of whom I'm referring to, then all this reading is CLEARLY meant for you.
Let’s go one step further from the above observation. Let’s trod into chat rooms of India. Even by saying that my toes laugh. Now here is a society, queer as they are, unexposed, obtuse numnuts and with the mentality of a half-baked drunken jackass come to chat with no bloody idea what-so-ever. And more so most are hell bent on imparting their asinine wisdom and stupidity brought down by their ancestors to the world. This is the society that professes to the world they know, built and done everything but have yet to learn the meaning of the word chat.
In fact, they have only learned 3 words in chat.
1. ASL?
2. What happened?
3. Why?
Let me here lay out an example of one chatter who claimed to be a doctor from India working in the USA. This by far got to be the mother of all jokes of last year as opposed to all the jokes I have heard over chat.
Me : Hiya..
DR : ALS ( he abbreviated it wrong )
Me : Hi
DR : ASL
ME : American Sign Language?...sorry I'm not a handicap.
DR : What Happen
ME : Huh!
DR : r u from
ME : What English is that?
DR : I am speek english only.
DR : What happen why
I bet he would make a good cartoon caricature to his patients.
The entire Indian chat world revolves around three words else the whole world is dumb. Out of a population of one billion plus plus people, I've never met anyone guy or even a gal who has ever chatted beyond those three words. And mind you, am not even talking about the ladies of India. The truth is, which I found out after chatting with an Indian girl from Calcutta, even the ladies DO NOT chat with their male counterparts. You really need to go figure out as to why this is so.
If I can put all my chat experiences in proper perspective, it can only be this = Indians, a society hopelessly and foolishly drowning in their own self professed dumb and idiotic vanity. As far as Indian chat rooms are concerned I rest my case. My toes are still laughing. A society that defaces its own currency.
A conclusion : Indians of India are like Jurassic years away from their diaspora Indian counterparts. India is a great country but sadly I cant't say that of Indians period.
On a serious note : YOU DON'T NEED A BRAIN TO CHAT UP WITH INDIANS OF INDIA.
Now let’s move to another dork world of chatters. Welcome to the chaos land of the Philippines. Yea..You read that right. Let me get straight to the point. Almost all of The Philippine chatters, mostly the ladies are always waiting to be hooked up by foreigners. The males are left dangling on a wish list if they even get a local chatter to chat up with them. Filipina chatters are clouded in their own foul-mouthed stupidity.
As one of my better chat friend said, Quote "A land where people are mentally colonised by their own foolish wasted dreams." Unquote.
The simple truth is that, to the Filipinas the real reason why they lead dysfunctional lives is because of their dogmatic domestic chaos life-style. Stupid as they come, they believe finding a foreign mate and raising a family is the ultimate dream. One female Filipina dork told me tho' she is an Asian but hates Asians despicably. Here is a society that dreams on dreams even God can't comprehend. Some go the extent and tell that Asians are not their cup-of-tea or taste but the real problem is that they are the vermin of Asia.
Maybe she forgot, or I do wonder if her parents who brought her into the world were Asians or some furry cave-dwelling Neanderthals. Tho' I know the Philippines is ravaged by hurricanes, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions and my sympathies go out to them but please don't tell us Asians that we are hated for what we are.
And most come from some kind of problematic life hood but believe if they marry someone foreign all their problems are gone vanish into thin air. Wonder when they will wake up to their belittled dreams. Someone told me the only reason they come to chat room is to get out of poverty. THAT'S SHEER DAFT statement.
Many Asian countries have moved away from such mind-sets of having white Caucasian men for company or any other. The Philippines is one land where Time left them dreaming away.
Anyway, India and The Philippines have the largest export of human labour anywhere in Asia. No offence to the queer mind. Heck! I even care!
As for the rest of the Asian chat world, thank God it's BLISS.
January Morning - North...
Driving back to KL from Penang is never out of excitements. Well! last week was something unexpected as the windy chill morning in Penang made driving along the North-South highway somewhat interesting and a bit risky.
Due to the early morning mist that must have descended over the night, made visibility blurry but sightful.
Got some pictures here to tell you exactly what it was driving on a windy chill 7 morning from the North.
Due to the early morning mist that must have descended over the night, made visibility blurry but sightful.
Got some pictures here to tell you exactly what it was driving on a windy chill 7 morning from the North.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Ponggal Day
This is an extracted article tho' edited to suit easy reading.
The word Pongal literally means the boiling over of rice in a cooking pot. In southern parts of India and here in Malaysia, it is considered an auspicious activity. Though much is not known about the history and origin of Pongal, it is assumed as a Dravidian harvest festival celebrated from hundreds of years. Its a four day festival in Tamil Nadu, celebrated with extreme zeal and fervor throughout the state. Feasting and celebrations form a vital part of the Pongal celebrations. The celebration of Pongal festival has become global with lots of Tamilians diaspora residing in various part of the world celebrating it concurrently.
Pongal is celebrated in the month of Thai (January) according to the Tamil calendar. It marks the end of winter and the beginning of the harvest season or spring. The date of the Pongal festival remains the same every year.
According to the Gregorian calendar, the Pongal festival has a fixed date beginning 14 January. As per Tamil calendar, Pongal is celebrated for four continuous days beginning from the last day of Tamil month of Maargazhi (December-January) and lasting up to the third day of Thai. The second of Pongal celebrations is treated as the main Pongal day of Surya Pongal, which marks the beginning of Tamil month of Thai. Eternally, as the festival is related to Sun God, this festival has divinity and wisdom attached to it.
The first day, 14 Januray, the festival starts with the Bhogi Pongal. On this day, the celebrations are limited and within the house. On this day, evil spirits are driven out of the home and the entire home is cleansed and washed. All dirt and waste materials collected are burnt into a bonfire. On the second day, Surya Pongal, a commemoration of the Sun god is done. This is the main day of the celebrations. People wear new clothes and cook food with newly harvested cereals in new pots on new stoves. The third day is Maattu Pongal, which is meant to honour cattle. Pets like cows, buffalo, ox and bullocks are bathed with clean water and worshipped for their contribution in farming and related activities. The festival ends with the fourth day celebrations of Kaanum Pongal.
Pongal 2010
Bhogi Pongal: 14th January.
Surya Pongal: 15th January
Maatu Pongal: 16th January
Kaanum Pongal: 17th January
The word Pongal literally means the boiling over of rice in a cooking pot. In southern parts of India and here in Malaysia, it is considered an auspicious activity. Though much is not known about the history and origin of Pongal, it is assumed as a Dravidian harvest festival celebrated from hundreds of years. Its a four day festival in Tamil Nadu, celebrated with extreme zeal and fervor throughout the state. Feasting and celebrations form a vital part of the Pongal celebrations. The celebration of Pongal festival has become global with lots of Tamilians diaspora residing in various part of the world celebrating it concurrently.
Pongal is celebrated in the month of Thai (January) according to the Tamil calendar. It marks the end of winter and the beginning of the harvest season or spring. The date of the Pongal festival remains the same every year.
According to the Gregorian calendar, the Pongal festival has a fixed date beginning 14 January. As per Tamil calendar, Pongal is celebrated for four continuous days beginning from the last day of Tamil month of Maargazhi (December-January) and lasting up to the third day of Thai. The second of Pongal celebrations is treated as the main Pongal day of Surya Pongal, which marks the beginning of Tamil month of Thai. Eternally, as the festival is related to Sun God, this festival has divinity and wisdom attached to it.
The first day, 14 Januray, the festival starts with the Bhogi Pongal. On this day, the celebrations are limited and within the house. On this day, evil spirits are driven out of the home and the entire home is cleansed and washed. All dirt and waste materials collected are burnt into a bonfire. On the second day, Surya Pongal, a commemoration of the Sun god is done. This is the main day of the celebrations. People wear new clothes and cook food with newly harvested cereals in new pots on new stoves. The third day is Maattu Pongal, which is meant to honour cattle. Pets like cows, buffalo, ox and bullocks are bathed with clean water and worshipped for their contribution in farming and related activities. The festival ends with the fourth day celebrations of Kaanum Pongal.
Pongal 2010
Bhogi Pongal: 14th January.
Surya Pongal: 15th January
Maatu Pongal: 16th January
Kaanum Pongal: 17th January
Friday, January 08, 2010
The sudden "numismatism" me..
I am no numismatist but my late father was. Long time before his passing, he entrusted me with his collection, both Malaysian and foreign. Some were rare and old, some looked like they would sell for a million dollars..hahah. And some I never knew existed as coins the least.
I never knew my late father had an inkling for such rarities. He had in his care and possession a 2 quarter-cent and a 1 half-cent coins both dating back 1883 (circa).
Anyway, I'm not parting them with anyone or selling it at Lelong.com but then if its at Sotheby, then I might consider... ;-).
But then again, if a good offer comes along, why not...like I said prolly if it goes for a million dollars.
Some of his rarities...
I never knew my late father had an inkling for such rarities. He had in his care and possession a 2 quarter-cent and a 1 half-cent coins both dating back 1883 (circa).
Anyway, I'm not parting them with anyone or selling it at Lelong.com but then if its at Sotheby, then I might consider... ;-).
But then again, if a good offer comes along, why not...like I said prolly if it goes for a million dollars.
Some of his rarities...
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Wenger replies...
Arsene Wenger replies to journalist when taunted with a team without strikers...
" EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO BUY STRIKERS BUT NOBODY HAS SCORED MORE GOALS THAN US "
Now! you have to admit the strength and credibility of that statement because its true. A strikerless Arsenal has scored more goals than others.
" EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO BUY STRIKERS BUT NOBODY HAS SCORED MORE GOALS THAN US "
Now! you have to admit the strength and credibility of that statement because its true. A strikerless Arsenal has scored more goals than others.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
After a long hiatus...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010...
Welcome me back and A Happy New 2K10 Year...and also welcome the year of 2 prominent World Cups taking place in 2 worlds apart, one in India and the other in South Africa. Not forgetting The Commonwealth Games in Delhi...Hmm .. what a sporting year this goonabe...oops...not forgetting the Africans Cup of Nations in Angola.
Nice to be back after a long uncharted unprecedented layoff-hiatus. All those time in absence, I haven't been writing, reading, or drawing-cum-handcrafting but was ambidextrous in many other ways.
More so often than not, after a sad twist of fate-on-hands-events-culminating, things are now hopping back to normalcy, kinda settled and 'hopefully' on the right track.
I've got loads of things to write but I for now do need to get my impasse cerebrum in order...haha
Anyway..here's something I read while on the go....
"Nouns name things
Adjectives describes them
Verbs act-up
Adverbs poke and jive them,
Construct a sturdy sentence
from your toolbox of good behaviour
And if your sentence wobbles
Smartly smash it with the humour hammer"
Jolly well way to start...
Welcome me back and A Happy New 2K10 Year...and also welcome the year of 2 prominent World Cups taking place in 2 worlds apart, one in India and the other in South Africa. Not forgetting The Commonwealth Games in Delhi...Hmm .. what a sporting year this goonabe...oops...not forgetting the Africans Cup of Nations in Angola.
Nice to be back after a long uncharted unprecedented layoff-hiatus. All those time in absence, I haven't been writing, reading, or drawing-cum-handcrafting but was ambidextrous in many other ways.
More so often than not, after a sad twist of fate-on-hands-events-culminating, things are now hopping back to normalcy, kinda settled and 'hopefully' on the right track.
I've got loads of things to write but I for now do need to get my impasse cerebrum in order...haha
Anyway..here's something I read while on the go....
"Nouns name things
Adjectives describes them
Verbs act-up
Adverbs poke and jive them,
Construct a sturdy sentence
from your toolbox of good behaviour
And if your sentence wobbles
Smartly smash it with the humour hammer"
Jolly well way to start...
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